Tie and rail-fastener.



c. HENNIG.

TIE AND RAIL FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILEDIAII 8. I9I5.

1 1 9 1 ,1 8 1 Patented .ly 18, 1916.

CHARLES HENNIG', or soU'rH :PRAiRIH WASHINGTON.

TIE AND RAIL-FASTENEH.

' T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES IFIENNIG, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Prairie, in the county of Pierce and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Ties and Rail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to metallic railway ties, and has for its object to provide an improved form of rail-fastening means for ties of the kind above referred to.

More specifically, this invention contemplates a railway cross tie made of metal, the said tie being of a type that elevates the top wall of the same from the ground, the said top wall having openings formed therein adjacent the portions that ordinarily sup-f port the rails and to provide improved rail clamps with keys formed integrally therewith that are seated in the before-mentioned openings in the tie and to provide means passing through the clamps and engaging the underface of the top wall of the tie so that the clamps will be held in the desired position.

A still further obj ect of this invention is to provide a device of the kind abovedescribed that is simple in construction, eflicient in operation, consists of the minimum number of parts and therefore can be manufactured for the minimum cost.

liith theseand other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts, as will 4be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tie with a pair of rails mounted thereon. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through a portion of the tie with a rail secured thereto by the improved clamping means. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the tie with a rail mounted thereon. Fig. 4l is a detailed perspective view of one end of the improved tie Showing an opening formed therein for the reception of a portion of one of the improved rail clamps. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of one of the rail clamps. A

Referring to the parts by reference numerals the tie comprises a top wall 10 and supporting'flanges 11, and formed in the top wall 10 of the tie are a plurality of key-hole ASpecifica-tion of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18,1916.

Application filed January 8, 1915. Serial No. 1,180.

openings 12. A'pair of these key-hole open-A ings are provided adjacent each end of the tie, and the space between the same is of such size as to allow for the placing of the base flange of the ordinary type of rail.

The improved rail clamps of this device being identical in construction, one of the same will only be described in detail. As clearly shown in Fig. 5, the same are provided with a substantially thickened body portion 12 and a beveled end 13 that is of such construction as to conform to the con-- Formed on the underface of the substan-V tially thickenedl portion 12 of the clamp, is a key 14C comprising a substantially elongated body portion 15 having an enlargement or head 16 at the opposite end thereof from that of the beveled portion 13 of the clamp. Formed in the thickened body portion 12 of the clamp adjacent the opposite end ofthe key 14 from that of the placement o-f the aforementioned head 16, is an opening 17.

Bolts are adapted to be passed through this opening 17 when the device is in a position as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and of course through the keyhole slot in the top wall 10 of the tie, and the said bolts are provided with the usual head and threaded portion, and intermediate the same adjacent the head the Shank thereof is flattened as at 18 and the remainder of the shank 19 is of greater diameter than the widths of the reduced portion of the keyhole openings 12.

These bolts are positioned, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 by placing the Same in the enlarged portion of the keyhole openings and then by moving the same to the opposite end of the keyhole openings by means of having the flattened portion 18 in engagement with the reduced portion of the keyhole openings, and the said bolts are moved until they assume the position as shown to advantage in Fig. 2. After the bolts, as above described, have been placed in the numerous keyhole openings, as above set forth, and the rails are correctly positioned on the tie, the clamps are placed on the tie having the bolts passing through the openings 17 formed therein, and nuts 2O are threaded on one end of the bolts, it, of course, being obvious that the keys 14: formed on the several clamps are positioned in the keyhole openings, the said keys conforming to the shape of the keyhole openings. After the clamps have been positioned as above set forth and secured by means of the bolts, the device will assume the position as is shown to advantage in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and the rails thus held will be positively clamped to the tie. Any pressure tending to spread the rails, especially on curves, will be taken up. by the keys 14 in the keyhole openings 12, and it is of course obvious that the spreading of rails thus held is practically impossible. l

If for any reason any of the nuts 2O should become displaced from any of the bolts, the said bolts will retain their normal position, in that, as before-mentioned, the portion 19 of the said bolts is of such diameter as to prevent the same from falling through the reduced portion of the keyhole openings 12.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention without departing from the material parts thereof. It is thereforenot wished to confine the invention to the eXact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come Within the scope claimed.

In combination with a tie having a plurality of keyhole openings formed therein, of a plurality of rail clamps having keys formed thereon conforming to the shape of said keyhole openings, and a plurality of clampretaining members having one portion thereof reduced so that said members can be moved to one end of the reduced portion of said keyhole opening, said member passing through said clamps for retaining the same to said tie and one portion of said members being of such size as to prevent the same from dropping through the reduced portion of said keyhole openings, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES HENNIG.

Witnesses ADoLr KLENDT, J. H. REICHERT.

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